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An Important Update about Riot’s Future (www.riotgames.com)
submitted 10 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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TLDR: Riot is downscaling. The severance package is great but it's another round of layoffs in the industry.

This will also majorly affect Legends of Runeterra. They're putting the game on life support it seems, and will focus on the PvE mode.

They're also shutting down Riot Forge, their collaboration with other studios to make smaller games with their IP.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 128 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (19 children)

Riot is a trash company.

I feel for the employees who lost their jobs.

Its always grating when CEOs say they "take responsibility" but they're not taking a demotion and paycut. No, somehow, the idiots who made the shitty decisions get to keep making them. Apparently that's "responsibility."

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I don't think there will ever be any CEO that takes a pay cut over doing layoffs.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Iirc the Nintendo cceos did so they wouldn't have to fire people a handful of years ago. Not sure how often that happens though.

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